48 Bible Verses about Backbiting
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Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother; thou didst slander thine own mother's son.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a perverse understanding, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? He that walks in integrity and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.
Having therefore left all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all murmurings,
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I desire and that I shall be found unto you such as ye desire not, lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, rumours, tumults,
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.
being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,
Thou shalt not travel about as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the LORD.
And reject also the idle, who have learned to wander about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a perverse understanding, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,read more.
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, without mercy. Who having understood the righteousness of God, they did not understand that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only those that do the same, but even those who encourage those that do them.
He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes.
He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father ye desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out, so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbour, but the just are delivered with wisdom.
he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but is driven mad concerning questions and controversy of words, of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
But now put ye also off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye are not consumed one of another.
Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness.
For we all offend in many things. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to govern the whole body with restraint.
and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.
A talebearer reveals secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
neither dishonest words nor foolishness nor low jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God (who gives abundantly to all, and without reproach), and it shall be given them.
The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without temperance, without meekness, without goodness,
being blasphemed, we intreat; we are made as the filth of this world and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
having a good conscience, so in that which they murmur against you as of evildoers, those that blaspheme your good conversation in the Christ may be confused.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil, for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
They are all rebellious princes; they walk with deception: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Take heed each one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.
From Thematic Bible
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I desire and that I shall be found unto you such as ye desire not, lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, rumours, tumults,
He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother; thou didst slander thine own mother's son.
Slander » Includes » Backbiting
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I desire and that I shall be found unto you such as ye desire not, lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, rumours, tumults,
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Speaking, evil » Backbiting
Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I desire and that I shall be found unto you such as ye desire not, lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, rumours, tumults,
He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother; thou didst slander thine own mother's son.